Bobbie Unger is a pioneer in many ways. She not only entered the architecture profession at a time when few women were architects, and some architects were openly hostile to women in the profession, but she also moved to Atlanta at a time when the city was just emerging from the Civil Rights movement and beginning a period of unprecedented growth.
Nathan Koskovich, AIA talks with Roberta "Bobbie" Unger, FAIA at her office to discuss how the city of Atlanta and it's architecture culture has changed during her career.
Ms. Unger started the Architecture Group in 1991 to establish and architecture practice with a philosophical difference. She abandoned the profession's paradigm that architectural practice is about buildings, for the philosophy that architecture is about people. The belief is reflected in the every aspect of the firm's culture and services. She instills this attitude with the staff who in turn project it to her clients. Ms. Unger works closely with clients and staff in the pre-design phase assuring the client's operational, functional, financial and aesthetic goals are achieved. With considerable expertise in transit / transportation infrastructure and higher education, she also participates in risk management tasks with PMOC (Project Management Oversight Committee) on public projects. After thirty years of practice, Ms. Unger believes more than ever that architecture is about people.
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